@treelizard99 There are ships in the Atlantic that are positioned to retrieve the boosters after splashdown. The SRB's were then brought to shore, refurbished, and used again.
Things heat up when they re-enter the earth's atmoshere at ORBITAL SPEEDS OR HIGHER e.g 17,500 mph plus. The SRBs are jettisoned when the Shuttle is travelling at aropund 3,000 mph, not fast enough to generate destructive heat.
whats that sound? space is a vacuum (no air) so there should be no sound except for the sounds from the sun lol but i dont think that kind of camera has that good of a mic to pick it up. so whats that sound?
@adlibstoadlibs The SRBs do not reach space, they separate while still in the atmosphere. You can see the shape of the planet and space while still being in the atmosphere.
I have a little interrogant, at minute 3:26 there are some kind of clouds, are it clouds at that alttitude??... exellente video... .. sorry for my poor english...
I have a little interrogant, at minute 3:26 there are some kind of clouds, are it clouds at that alttitude??... exellente video... .. sorry for my poor english...
To Plusplusplusp. The big tank (External Tank) falls back into the atmosphere and burns up over the Indian Ocean. Have a look at the NASA web site for info on anything about the shuttle, the srb's or the Exturnal Tank.
The sounds that are recorded during the fall to the ocean by the SRB's sound in SOME parts like the singing of whales.
Did you see, something arrives in the last seconds at the upper-left edge of the fov.?
It cannot be the other rocket. It seems to have only one parachute, and comes to late. The two rockets starts at the same time and position, at the same speed, I would not think the arrival can be shifted by 20-30 seconds. (Only if the parachutes open at different times, of course...)
@scowell The nose cone has no chute. Its the frustrum which is the part under the nose cone that houses the sep motors and is jettisoned to release the main parachutes. It is recovered and put on the ship separate from the rest of the SRB. The nose cone sinks most of the time.
So fantastic to see. Obviously the boosters split up in the earth's atmosphere because of the sound. Don't forget there is no clear boundary between earth and space. Seeing a black sky doesn't mean it has reached space yet.
@ReeseMac That's exactly what I was thinking. I wish someone made a good sci-fi with a realistic take on spaceflight. Beats the crap out of Star Wars, Trek, Gate any day.
Perhaps it's because, when compared to the shuttle itself, the empty SRBs would be like feathers freefalling back to earth. (I remember hearing somewhere an astronaut commenting that the shuttle had the aerodynamics of a brick falling to the ground.) And the SRBs are still jettisoned within the Earth's atmosphere, so it's not much of a "shock". It may look like it's in space, but that "dark" sky you see is still well within Earth's atmosphere.
@yourallguppies09 The reason things "burst into flame", or at least appear to when reentering is because they generally do it at Mach 20 or so (sometimes even faster) and the actual compression of the air molecules is what causes the high temperatures and flames.
You have to be traveling extremely fast for reentry heating to occur. The SRBs aren't travelling fast enough to generate that much heat, so there's no thermal reentry.
@yourallguppies09 The bright light from heated air isn't the same as fire. Fire is a chemical reaction, but on re-entry the air glows because it's heated. It's heated because it's hitting the object at orbital speed. The SRB's separate while the shuttle is going only about 3,000 mph, they provide the upward velocity to clear the bulk atmosphere and thrust to push through it, and do little (though necessary) for getting the shuttle to Orbital Velocity; 17,500 mph, about 6x as fast as the SRB's.
@yourallguppies09 What tvspace said, as well as the fact that they aren't going fast enough to burn up. Theoretically, if you were to drop an apple from the height of even the space station, but weren't traveling in orbit, it wouldn't burn up either - it would just fall and splatter on the ground at a high speed. However, when things enter the atmosphere that are at orbital velocity or near it - like meteors or spacecraft - there is a fiery reentry.
@yourallguppies09 The SRBs are...or I should say WERE reused. They splash down in the ocean somewhere. The external tank (orage) is single-use however, and does burn up on re-entry.
There are 3 on each booster. The boosters are not exactly round. There are shrouds all over the booster that contain cables, electronics etc. There is one on top looking down, one on the bottom looking up and one in the middle looking out. When Nasa releases a video, its an edited version of all three views.
There is sound because it's coming through the metal of the rocket that this camera is attached to. Later, there is a loud whooshing sound because we've entered the Earth's atmosphere.
I wonder why there was a cloud of smoke and ash at 4:27?
4:04 - the main chutes are deployed to first reef (the drogue chute deployment (you can see it escaping between the chutes) occurred during the break just preceding). Altitude is about 1 mile.
When the chutes expand to full size, left over srb propellant is dislodged from inside the booster. There is a video on here somewhere, where you see looking down when the excess propellent hits the water.
I think your seeing the nozzle extension being jettisoned and hitting the water not excess propellent. This is done to protect the main nozzle from extensive damage.
It seemed there was some missing video after 4:02, but I think I realized what must have happened. The video camera is probably separated when the nose cap is blown off for drogue chute deployment. The video after 4:02 must be from a different camera contained with the main chutes. At 4:03 the drogue chute and frustrum can be seen at the center of the 3 main chutes "lifting away" after separation from the SRB. That is what is seen splashing down at 5:27.
There are 3 diff. cameras on timers. Thats what gives you the diff. views. Before the booster hits the water the nozzle extention is blown off. Thats what you see splashing.
It's actually called teh frustum. The nose cap is pulled off by a ribbon chute to deploy the drogue. Then the frustum (that means a "truncated cone" in geometry) is pulled off by the drogue to deploy the the main chutes. The drogue with frustum lands in the video; it is recovered, but the nose cone isn't.
I had NO idea that the srb's were recovered on chutes! I guess I thought they either floated off into space or just fell into the sea!.....Come to think about it, I never really thought about the srb's!.....thanks for posting, this was AWESOME. Very enlightening too!
The ET is traveling too fast to avoid burn up over the Indian Ocean upon re-entry. The SRBs, the frustum and drogue and the main chutes are recovered. There was some talk a long time ago about hauling the ET up into orbit to use at the ISS, but apparently that idea was canceled.
Can you imagine humans making first contact?...How would you explain that you only represent a small portion of mankind, and not the entire race. Humans are so caught up in religious differences and political agendas that we will never become "1 people" All the issues we have on our own planet, we still use tax dollars to fling humans into space for the good of?Americans???....6 countries?...Christians??>Muslims?> Certainly its for the good of mankind...right?..Cant wait for "space terrorists
actually there is a drogue chute to stabilize the booster before the main chutes open...what you see is the cone with the smaller drogue chutes splashing down...
Actually no, the fuel tank is required until much higher up almost past the atmosphere itself. So each fuel tank used is burned up upon reentry. So every one you see on a launch is a new one...expensive I know which is why this design is getting the ax for 2010 in favor of things more efficient.
The SRBs fall into the Atlantic and the liquid fuel tank burns up over the Indian ocean. Anything that does not burn up in the atmosphere (I mean the fuel tank), will fall into the Indian ocean and these are not recovered for reuse. The shuttle engines work with liquid oxygen and hydrogen and the feed is supplied by the tank until it enters orbit. For reentry slow down and manevours, the shuttle has a reservoir of its own, which is much less in quantitiy than that of the fuel tank of course.
I know how the shuttle works. I was just correcting gomektampa. BTW while in orbit, the shuttle manuevers using the OMS. They are the two smaller engines on the back of the orbiter. They use a completely different fuel than the main engines.
Its a shame they didn't show the whole video. It just shows you how thick the atmosphere is. They start causing cloud trails when it looks like there still well into space.
This video is incredible; The perfect symmetry of the boosters, the descent through the atmosphere, the final splashdown. Tumbling to earth never looked so breathtaking.
Nah, the boosters actually are separated at like 67km above ground... that's in the stratosphere layer of our atmosphere, so these boosters are not even close to space. And the air there is very thin, you can see how it goes much faster then when it reaches the thicker air, and causes more resistance.
How are there sounds in space? Is there air inside the camera compartment? If so, how are the pressure changes dealt with? Or is the sound track completely fake? Very cool video. whatever the case is. 5 stars.
According to Wiki, the SRBs reach their apogee 75 seconds after separation, so that means they're still going up in this clip until around the 1:30 mark, where they are at an altitude of approx 220,000 ft. Wow! The more I learn about this, the more amazing the video becomes for me. Thanks for posting it TVSpace, thanks for the info EndeavorLaunch.
Wow, amazing indeed. So sad the video doesn't include the part when the SRB goes close and through the clouds
@dreadwelder: The footage of the parachutes must be from another camera, pointing "up". And that capsule might be the cone-shaped cover that's in the tip of the rocket, ejected to let the parachutes go out ;)
I'm curious where this footage came from, specifically the last minute. The cut to the parachutes is awkward and obviously not from the STS 115 flight. In the last 5 seconds one can see a space capsule with a single chute land in the distance. Shuttle flights do not have capsules.
All this video is from STS-115. The 'capsule' that you see is from the tip of the SRB. The parachute is one of the smaller drogue chutes that come out just before the main parachutes. You can see the tip coming off and the 'capsule' in the shot with the 3 main chutes. Don't forget that the SRB's are re-used. And that includes the tip.
That was totally cool, You could see the rockets exhaust plume coming up from the earth from about 2:30 to 2:44, and of course the other rocket booster. Then to top it off you see the other booster hit the water. Also you could hear the stresses of the booster while entering the atmosphere.
Wow. I grew up in Merritt Island, but this video gives the whole experience a deeper sense of REALITY. It goes from space, which is something the vast majority of us will go our whole lives never experiencing (making it very exotic and almost unreal) to the very same ocean you can swim in. On the way down I could make out my home town and the surrounding areas. Wow.
how can there be an explosion like at 20 seconds or somethin if ther is no oxygen in space. theyre not tellin us somethin. i cant keep a match lit in a soda bottle lit for 2 seconds but thers explosions in space ????????????????????????
Explosions can occur without oxygen being present, think of Supernovas. To answer your question the explosive bolts used to separate the SRB's from the main tank are vacuum stable explosives. The very nature of conventional explosives is that they do not require the air/oxygen to explode.
It most likely uses an explosive with an oxidizer, in other words, it provides its own oxygen through a chemical reaction. I am sure however a cigarette lighter wouldn't work up there. I'm sure I can explain it better, but I really don't feel like it right now. Maybe later...
great vid ,,,a fact about these ,,when the srb,s first break from the shuttle they do not fall straight back to earth ,,there own momentom takes them another 11 miles higher within the fisrt 70 seconds froom leaving the shuttle
great vid ,,,a fact about these ,,when the srb,s first break from the shuttle they do not fall straight back to earth ,,there own momentom takes them another 11 miles higher within the the first 70 seconds from leaving the shuttle ,,,,,,sorry for the spelling mistakes ooops
How will they retrieve it ?
treelizard99 12 hours ago
@treelizard99 There are ships in the Atlantic that are positioned to retrieve the boosters after splashdown. The SRB's were then brought to shore, refurbished, and used again.
tvspace 10 hours ago
Things heat up when they re-enter the earth's atmoshere at ORBITAL SPEEDS OR HIGHER e.g 17,500 mph plus. The SRBs are jettisoned when the Shuttle is travelling at aropund 3,000 mph, not fast enough to generate destructive heat.
EricIrl 5 months ago
Simply amazing!
strag1 6 months ago
The sound - makes this just perfect. Why someone hasn't mixed this into some chill-out recording I do not understand
krakenwave 6 months ago
Epic!! Wish i could free fall from that height!
Biggreasyhotdog 6 months ago
what is that at 2:14 ???
laletemanolete 6 months ago
Even without air, the microphone would still pick up vibrations in the booster structure as sound.
zarakon 7 months ago
Awesome.
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Futurecop2012E 8 months ago
Look to the smoke plume left by the SRBs at 2:18 and 2:34.
Etne1988Diserple 9 months ago
Look to the smoke plume left by the SRBs at 2:18.
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krakenwave 6 months ago
Pause at 2:38. lol thats where it started is all that exhaust. that went a long way!
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kingjoshinho 11 months ago
whats that sound? space is a vacuum (no air) so there should be no sound except for the sounds from the sun lol but i dont think that kind of camera has that good of a mic to pick it up. so whats that sound?
adlibstoadlibs 11 months ago
@adlibstoadlibs The SRBs do not reach space, they separate while still in the atmosphere. You can see the shape of the planet and space while still being in the atmosphere.
boosterfire 11 months ago
@adlibstoadlibs they haven't reached space yet, they're still in earth's atmosphere when separated so you can still hear them :)
CQSupreme59 11 months ago
galileo and copernicus dont have shit on this
BobDole3005 11 months ago
this made me dizzy but its cool anyway..
sanyo51 11 months ago
what is this sound?? if on the space no exist the air, why sound like air?
voxdeihn 1 year ago
That thing spins too much
plzcallmebabe 1 year ago
I have a little interrogant, at minute 3:26 there are some kind of clouds, are it clouds at that alttitude??... exellente video... .. sorry for my poor english...
WRkrawlmachine 1 year ago
I have a little interrogant, at minute 3:26 there are some kind of clouds, are it clouds at that alttitude??... exellente video... .. sorry for my poor english...
WRkrawlmachine 1 year ago
2.31 - the other booster starts to enter the atmosphere as the Shuttle streaks away above the middle
krakenwave 1 year ago
Are parts of this video omitted? Wondering if it would have taken longer that 5 mins to fall 30miles.
bradoyler 1 year ago
@bradoyler
At around 4 mins it goes from the edge of space immediately to well under mid--level cloud clover for when the chutes go
krakenwave 1 year ago
To Plusplusplusp. The big tank (External Tank) falls back into the atmosphere and burns up over the Indian Ocean. Have a look at the NASA web site for info on anything about the shuttle, the srb's or the Exturnal Tank.
The sounds that are recorded during the fall to the ocean by the SRB's sound in SOME parts like the singing of whales.
WingNuts2010 1 year ago
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fromindia2008 1 year ago
I can't fuck around in space ... to dizzy in fuckin' space ...
anonymousent 1 year ago
of course the srb's aren't in space, otherwise their would be no noise
260KPH 1 year ago
Did you see, something arrives in the last seconds at the upper-left edge of the fov.?
It cannot be the other rocket. It seems to have only one parachute, and comes to late. The two rockets starts at the same time and position, at the same speed, I would not think the arrival can be shifted by 20-30 seconds. (Only if the parachutes open at different times, of course...)
selfenten 1 year ago
@selfenten
It's the nose cone cover... falls right beside it.
scowell 1 year ago
@scowell The nose cone has no chute. Its the frustrum which is the part under the nose cone that houses the sep motors and is jettisoned to release the main parachutes. It is recovered and put on the ship separate from the rest of the SRB. The nose cone sinks most of the time.
mach25man 1 year ago
computerized graphics are cool... that almost looks real.
Larkinchance 1 year ago
@Larkinchance of course its real!
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applesweeter 1 year ago
OH! 3:44 That's my house there in just to the right of center. Yeah, the one with the pale yellow roof.
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starstarstar42 1 year ago
So fantastic to see. Obviously the boosters split up in the earth's atmosphere because of the sound. Don't forget there is no clear boundary between earth and space. Seeing a black sky doesn't mean it has reached space yet.
theworldvideos1 2 years ago
that.. was fan..freaking..tastic!!!!!
Canada.
Blueskybutterflies 2 years ago 5
Its like a Stanley Kubrick film
ReeseMac 2 years ago 14
@ReeseMac That's exactly what I was thinking. I wish someone made a good sci-fi with a realistic take on spaceflight. Beats the crap out of Star Wars, Trek, Gate any day.
baillou2 7 months ago
@baillou2 His comment was made over a year ago. lol
gamealogic 6 months ago
The sound is what i love about this :P
EPICwhale 2 years ago
this is really cool but i thought this thing burst into flames when they re-enter the earths atmosphere?
yourallguppies09 2 years ago
The SRBs aren't out of the Earth's atmosphere when they separate. They're used for the first 90 seconds of flight.
tvspace 2 years ago 3
Not to mention the fact that they have parachutes.
Coastergeekperson04 1 year ago
@tvspace actually, they're used for the first 2 minutes and 4 or 6 seconds of flight, depending on the mission.
Neptuneaus 1 year ago
@tvspace
The big fuel tank is discarded later in flight -- it burns up over the Atlantic. I think they're fairly cheap, plus they would be impossible to save.
plusplusplusplusp 1 year ago
@tvspace 125 seconds, actually.
denelson83 1 year ago
Perhaps it's because, when compared to the shuttle itself, the empty SRBs would be like feathers freefalling back to earth. (I remember hearing somewhere an astronaut commenting that the shuttle had the aerodynamics of a brick falling to the ground.) And the SRBs are still jettisoned within the Earth's atmosphere, so it's not much of a "shock". It may look like it's in space, but that "dark" sky you see is still well within Earth's atmosphere.
TachieBillano 1 year ago
@yourallguppies09 The reason things "burst into flame", or at least appear to when reentering is because they generally do it at Mach 20 or so (sometimes even faster) and the actual compression of the air molecules is what causes the high temperatures and flames.
eccojedi 1 year ago
@yourallguppies09
You have to be traveling extremely fast for reentry heating to occur. The SRBs aren't travelling fast enough to generate that much heat, so there's no thermal reentry.
apopheniacMCMLXXXIX 11 months ago
@yourallguppies09 The bright light from heated air isn't the same as fire. Fire is a chemical reaction, but on re-entry the air glows because it's heated. It's heated because it's hitting the object at orbital speed. The SRB's separate while the shuttle is going only about 3,000 mph, they provide the upward velocity to clear the bulk atmosphere and thrust to push through it, and do little (though necessary) for getting the shuttle to Orbital Velocity; 17,500 mph, about 6x as fast as the SRB's.
Eagle1Division2 9 months ago
@yourallguppies09 What tvspace said, as well as the fact that they aren't going fast enough to burn up. Theoretically, if you were to drop an apple from the height of even the space station, but weren't traveling in orbit, it wouldn't burn up either - it would just fall and splatter on the ground at a high speed. However, when things enter the atmosphere that are at orbital velocity or near it - like meteors or spacecraft - there is a fiery reentry.
dprice1291 6 months ago
@yourallguppies09 The fuel tank burns up as it re-enters the atmosphere.
kinsley2108 6 months ago
@yourallguppies09 The SRBs are...or I should say WERE reused. They splash down in the ocean somewhere. The external tank (orage) is single-use however, and does burn up on re-entry.
Warrakkk 2 months ago
It would be interesting to know where the camera is mounted on the SRB. In the nose, the fuselage, where?
mahound9 2 years ago
There are 3 on each booster. The boosters are not exactly round. There are shrouds all over the booster that contain cables, electronics etc. There is one on top looking down, one on the bottom looking up and one in the middle looking out. When Nasa releases a video, its an edited version of all three views.
mach25man 2 years ago
Amazing. I never imagined such sounds. Thanks for uploading.
munrais 2 years ago
this is scary ;))
lvxor 2 years ago
that was awsome.. kinda scary noises tho
killemall588 2 years ago
Thank you, that is wonderful
mbdecamp 2 years ago
amazing, what hight is this when the boosters are jetisoned away to fall back to earth.
either way its a long long fall.
steviebboy69 2 years ago
It takes 279 seconds from sep to contact. The vertical distance is 28 miles.
puncheex 2 years ago
There is sound because it's coming through the metal of the rocket that this camera is attached to. Later, there is a loud whooshing sound because we've entered the Earth's atmosphere.
I wonder why there was a cloud of smoke and ash at 4:27?
spacetweek 2 years ago 2
4:04 - the main chutes are deployed to first reef (the drogue chute deployment (you can see it escaping between the chutes) occurred during the break just preceding). Altitude is about 1 mile.
4:12 - the chutes deploy to second reef position.
4:20 - the chutes deploy to full open position. The cloud is caused by firing pyros to drop the RSRM nozzle extension.
4:35 - landing in the water.
5:29 - The drogue chute and the frustum land at upper left.
See wiki article: Solid Rocket Boosters
puncheex 2 years ago
When the chutes expand to full size, left over srb propellant is dislodged from inside the booster. There is a video on here somewhere, where you see looking down when the excess propellent hits the water.
IC2720 2 years ago
I think your seeing the nozzle extension being jettisoned and hitting the water not excess propellent. This is done to protect the main nozzle from extensive damage.
mach25man 2 years ago
Ok thanks.
IC2720 2 years ago
Why is there sound in space? What is the sound?
sexyeamo 2 years ago
it is so cool...but kind of scary...haha
asd855280 2 years ago
lol @ 5:06 looks like a giant jellyfish ^^
Jarel8787 2 years ago
wow that's scary >_>
Jarel8787 2 years ago
That was absolutely awesome footage!
RedUncle 2 years ago
Goodness Earth is beautiful
phresh07 2 years ago
hell of a ride
nyannyan123456 2 years ago
Holy sh*t - that is cool as crap. Is this actual audio ?
BiologicalUnit2380 2 years ago 2
Yes.
TheSpaceGeek 2 years ago
Asombroso
es algo espectacular, que bien eso de captar la trayectoria de los propulsores.
La NASA es de lo mejor
felicidades. desde Mexico.
acg211077 2 years ago
what is thos sound?? on the space no exist the sound!!
voxdeihn 2 years ago
inside empty tank with recorder
kam75 2 years ago
only a word..AMAZING!! thx for this super video bro
voxdeihn 2 years ago
It seemed there was some missing video after 4:02, but I think I realized what must have happened. The video camera is probably separated when the nose cap is blown off for drogue chute deployment. The video after 4:02 must be from a different camera contained with the main chutes. At 4:03 the drogue chute and frustrum can be seen at the center of the 3 main chutes "lifting away" after separation from the SRB. That is what is seen splashing down at 5:27.
sunwatcher85 2 years ago 2
There are 3 diff. cameras on timers. Thats what gives you the diff. views. Before the booster hits the water the nozzle extention is blown off. Thats what you see splashing.
mach25man 2 years ago
Also at 527 is the nose cap with the drogue chute hitting the water.
mach25man 2 years ago
The only thing I can say is : It was BEAUTIFUL !!!!
alisadatakhavi 2 years ago
What is that thing that splashed down in the distance at 5:24 ?
This is my favorite vid on YouTube.
Minnexyz 2 years ago
It's the nose cap of the SRB. A drag chute pulls it off and releases the three major canopies. Cool huh...
WinstonRoom101 2 years ago
It's actually called teh frustum. The nose cap is pulled off by a ribbon chute to deploy the drogue. Then the frustum (that means a "truncated cone" in geometry) is pulled off by the drogue to deploy the the main chutes. The drogue with frustum lands in the video; it is recovered, but the nose cone isn't.
puncheex 2 years ago
Did the apollo astronauts experience the kind of re entry?
EPICwhale 2 years ago
yes.
grofuss 2 years ago
The sound is amazing.
EPICwhale 2 years ago
I wonder why they recorded it with sound?
jshicke 2 years ago
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AmunExorbis 2 years ago
most amazing video
jeretron0 2 years ago
I had NO idea that the srb's were recovered on chutes! I guess I thought they either floated off into space or just fell into the sea!.....Come to think about it, I never really thought about the srb's!.....thanks for posting, this was AWESOME. Very enlightening too!
fiddleup 2 years ago
Apparently, even the ET's are salvaged (External Tanks, the brown larger middel tank)
I always thought these would burn up in the atmosphere...
AmunExorbis 2 years ago
the ET is not recovered, and two parts of the SRB's are no recovered, the nosecone and part of the nozzle, they are resting on the ocean floor
einbit87 2 years ago
The ET is traveling too fast to avoid burn up over the Indian Ocean upon re-entry. The SRBs, the frustum and drogue and the main chutes are recovered. There was some talk a long time ago about hauling the ET up into orbit to use at the ISS, but apparently that idea was canceled.
puncheex 2 years ago
I had taped this from NASA TV a while back, but couldn't figure out how to get a digital copy.
I very much appreciate your posting this amazing footage.
GangrelLondon 2 years ago
lol this video was awesome, oh man i got such a rush, amazing man just amazing, our planet from space is frikkin amazingggggggg
rickym1989 2 years ago 2
when I first saw it I was like that also, lol
doctrui 2 years ago
COOL!
PGtipsT 2 years ago
At 2:35 you can see where it was launched from
Roach1983 2 years ago 2
that was one of the coolest things i've ever seen
AntonioE07 2 years ago
that was cool
Scorch251 2 years ago
Exactly....zie...Why should it matter to us?....Did you not get that point?...Do you not see how utterly POINTLESS religious differences are?...
Singlpilot 2 years ago
Can you imagine humans making first contact?...How would you explain that you only represent a small portion of mankind, and not the entire race. Humans are so caught up in religious differences and political agendas that we will never become "1 people" All the issues we have on our own planet, we still use tax dollars to fling humans into space for the good of?Americans???....6 countries?...Christians??>Muslims?> Certainly its for the good of mankind...right?..Cant wait for "space terrorists
Singlpilot 2 years ago
this is such bullshit you talkin...like it would matter for an alien whether your muslim or christian
ziemass 2 years ago
poop.
MrJokster 2 years ago
be carefull at 5.26 when fall down second roket why is to short? please replay me
traficante20012002 2 years ago
buy infrared cameras take videos , thermal imaging etc of the sky mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
urocket1 2 years ago
interesting.. i love how space is just sooo empty
steffinatorr 2 years ago
actually there is a drogue chute to stabilize the booster before the main chutes open...what you see is the cone with the smaller drogue chutes splashing down...
plormitch 2 years ago
that is the parchute cone from the same SRB...the other SRB probably landed some distance away.
plormitch 2 years ago
Ah ok...
So the rest of the SRB's body did had it's own parachute, didn't knew that.
...or does it ?
/:-\
AmunExorbis 2 years ago
Nice video indeed !
...But one thing I don't get;
I thought that SRB's usually are being reused.
Yet if you watch carefully from 5:26 at the top left corner, you'll only see the top shuttle from the other SRB.
So what happened to the rest of the SRB's body ?
Did it burned up ? or had it it's own parachute ?
:-/
AmunExorbis 2 years ago
I love the audio... gives a good impression of the increasing air density as they fall back to earth...
vlanomo 2 years ago 2
Notice the launch contrails from 2:31 to 2:35... wow! Love this vid.
scowell 2 years ago 4
Actually no, the fuel tank is required until much higher up almost past the atmosphere itself. So each fuel tank used is burned up upon reentry. So every one you see on a launch is a new one...expensive I know which is why this design is getting the ax for 2010 in favor of things more efficient.
ViperSRTnACR 2 years ago
Atlantic Ocean not Indian
blackbtty123 2 years ago
The SRBs fall into the Atlantic and the liquid fuel tank burns up over the Indian ocean. Anything that does not burn up in the atmosphere (I mean the fuel tank), will fall into the Indian ocean and these are not recovered for reuse. The shuttle engines work with liquid oxygen and hydrogen and the feed is supplied by the tank until it enters orbit. For reentry slow down and manevours, the shuttle has a reservoir of its own, which is much less in quantitiy than that of the fuel tank of course.
burcmm 2 years ago
I know how the shuttle works. I was just correcting gomektampa. BTW while in orbit, the shuttle manuevers using the OMS. They are the two smaller engines on the back of the orbiter. They use a completely different fuel than the main engines.
blackbtty123 2 years ago
According to NASA, they fall in the Atlantic Ocean. 150 NE of Cape Canaveral.
audree76 2 years ago 2
Its a shame they didn't show the whole video. It just shows you how thick the atmosphere is. They start causing cloud trails when it looks like there still well into space.
kwarlos 2 years ago 3
shit :|
awesome
SlimHoop72 2 years ago
This video is incredible; The perfect symmetry of the boosters, the descent through the atmosphere, the final splashdown. Tumbling to earth never looked so breathtaking.
Isikari 2 years ago 9
What is happening at 4:23-4:28?
doctrui 2 years ago
Wow, love it..
elwello 2 years ago
This is the best NASA video ever. A human, in a space suit, strapped to the side, could ride that thing all the way up and all the way down.
myndenway 2 years ago
the view @ 2:00 is amazing.
Alexsy82 2 years ago
I thought all this burns up? Who picks this up in the ocean? Why would NASA spend so much money on filming this?
PTower60640 3 years ago
No, they fall away 90 seconds into the flight. They're picked up int eh ocean and are used again, saving money.
tvspace 3 years ago
you don't have the video file any more do you?
zZZzzzSnooze 2 years ago
Sure.
tvspace 2 years ago
i would like to have it plz.
zZZzzzSnooze 2 years ago
Nah, the boosters actually are separated at like 67km above ground... that's in the stratosphere layer of our atmosphere, so these boosters are not even close to space. And the air there is very thin, you can see how it goes much faster then when it reaches the thicker air, and causes more resistance.
maD2azor 3 years ago 3
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maD2azor 3 years ago
How are there sounds in space? Is there air inside the camera compartment? If so, how are the pressure changes dealt with? Or is the sound track completely fake? Very cool video. whatever the case is. 5 stars.
dLimboStick 3 years ago
When the SRB's separate, they aren't fully out of the atmosphere, so basically the SRB's never go into space.
EndeavourLaunch 3 years ago
Thanks!
dLimboStick 3 years ago
According to Wiki, the SRBs reach their apogee 75 seconds after separation, so that means they're still going up in this clip until around the 1:30 mark, where they are at an altitude of approx 220,000 ft. Wow! The more I learn about this, the more amazing the video becomes for me. Thanks for posting it TVSpace, thanks for the info EndeavorLaunch.
dLimboStick 3 years ago
Anytime. :D
EndeavourLaunch 3 years ago
there are some spooky sounds during the descent...I get chills during some parts
amazing!!!
plormitch 3 years ago 2
nice
Ticonderoga444 3 years ago
one of those boosters would make a damn fine souvenir.
yourrealmother 3 years ago
Oh, it does have that part! I had to see the video twice, nevermind :)
LordSapiens 3 years ago
Wow, amazing indeed. So sad the video doesn't include the part when the SRB goes close and through the clouds
@dreadwelder: The footage of the parachutes must be from another camera, pointing "up". And that capsule might be the cone-shaped cover that's in the tip of the rocket, ejected to let the parachutes go out ;)
LordSapiens 3 years ago
I'm curious where this footage came from, specifically the last minute. The cut to the parachutes is awkward and obviously not from the STS 115 flight. In the last 5 seconds one can see a space capsule with a single chute land in the distance. Shuttle flights do not have capsules.
dreadwelder 3 years ago
All this video is from STS-115. The 'capsule' that you see is from the tip of the SRB. The parachute is one of the smaller drogue chutes that come out just before the main parachutes. You can see the tip coming off and the 'capsule' in the shot with the 3 main chutes. Don't forget that the SRB's are re-used. And that includes the tip.
dave46563 3 years ago
Ah, thanks for the clarification!
dreadwelder 3 years ago
where did tou take this video?
makuto72 3 years ago
My heart is pounding. Ive never seen anything like it. Really wonderful. Thanks for posting
vonkavonka 3 years ago
SRB's are so gay.
antarcticsuperpower 3 years ago
You so are immature pal.
XmegaPresident 3 years ago
oh my god... 1:08 to 1:10 Thats a Rod.
Right back if anyone else noticed.
RSfatattack 3 years ago
yeah and some UFO's there
jcalahor 2 years ago
That was totally cool, You could see the rockets exhaust plume coming up from the earth from about 2:30 to 2:44, and of course the other rocket booster. Then to top it off you see the other booster hit the water. Also you could hear the stresses of the booster while entering the atmosphere.
VolcanicMagma 3 years ago
why we can here the sound ?? the rockets a near orbit and space
boilerheadz 3 years ago
No the boosters come off at about 38 miles high. About half way to space
Neuf1965 3 years ago
Wow. I grew up in Merritt Island, but this video gives the whole experience a deeper sense of REALITY. It goes from space, which is something the vast majority of us will go our whole lives never experiencing (making it very exotic and almost unreal) to the very same ocean you can swim in. On the way down I could make out my home town and the surrounding areas. Wow.
kevinthenerd 3 years ago 4
What a mazing.
I never know nasa hide this camera on srb
Cool
Lastchristmas21 3 years ago 2
Wow am dizzy lol. That's awsome to be able to whitness re-entry.
L6OWY 3 years ago
THATS NOT A RE-ENTRY
derek0452 3 years ago
its just an optical illusion, due to the
fish-eye lens. at 1:48 the horizon is flat
and at 2:00 it is round shaped again. I dont
think that in real view a remarkable round
shape of the horizon can be seen at this
height... the seperation is done in approx
45 kilometers altutude.
desinfector 3 years ago
FANTASTIC!!!
FraChief 3 years ago
yeah thats cooooooL
MUTAGEN221 3 years ago
wt the heck
gaz711srb1313 3 years ago
how can there be an explosion like at 20 seconds or somethin if ther is no oxygen in space. theyre not tellin us somethin. i cant keep a match lit in a soda bottle lit for 2 seconds but thers explosions in space ????????????????????????
KingOfKool182 3 years ago
WOW!!!!! Some people are so freaking dumb! How do you even have the brain function to work a keyboard?
idontcare80 3 years ago
you're dumb
gaz711srb1313 3 years ago
Explosions can occur without oxygen being present, think of Supernovas. To answer your question the explosive bolts used to separate the SRB's from the main tank are vacuum stable explosives. The very nature of conventional explosives is that they do not require the air/oxygen to explode.
marmaladekamikaze 3 years ago
It most likely uses an explosive with an oxidizer, in other words, it provides its own oxygen through a chemical reaction. I am sure however a cigarette lighter wouldn't work up there. I'm sure I can explain it better, but I really don't feel like it right now. Maybe later...
punishedexistence 3 years ago
thats pretty fucking cool
johnno243 3 years ago
great vid ,,,a fact about these ,,when the srb,s first break from the shuttle they do not fall straight back to earth ,,there own momentom takes them another 11 miles higher within the fisrt 70 seconds froom leaving the shuttle
djearthstu 3 years ago
great vid ,,,a fact about these ,,when the srb,s first break from the shuttle they do not fall straight back to earth ,,there own momentom takes them another 11 miles higher within the the first 70 seconds from leaving the shuttle ,,,,,,sorry for the spelling mistakes ooops
djearthstu 3 years ago
Camera triped Fackin space wooooo
depositing 3 years ago
Whooohooohooo! Wheeeee!
TachieBillano 3 years ago